I Was Taken by the Female Lead After Transmigrating into a Book - Chapter 27

Everyone holds their breath. What kind of video? Evidence? Or something else? Bai Feifei personally entrusted this to Xi Rong and said those words. Whatever is in it is definitely not simple.

Xi Rong looks at Bai Feifei. She holds her hand, opens it, and gently strokes it as if it’s something precious. Her voice is cold as she says, “That’s every threatening text message and phone recording that Feifei received over the years, including the backup surveillance footage from that so-called ‘drinking’ dinner party.”

Huo Wu’s expression when she looks at Bai Feifei is complex, with emotions that others cannot understand. Xi Rong and Bai Xue must have already filtered through all the evidence before they came.

Xi Rong opens her mouth, not knowing how to phrase it more delicately. Bai Xue jumps in, taking over the conversation. “It’s not hard to piece together from the messages. Even though Feifei was with Guo Kuan’s company, almost all of her resources came from her family. After the Bai family’s accident, Guo Kuan turned on her, and his businessman mentality was immediately exposed. He lied to Feifei, saying he was taking her to meet a director. Guo Kuan brought Feifei to a dinner party but didn’t bring her back. Feifei became a ‘gift’ for Guo Kuan to please the higher-ups.”

A gift. What would happen to a beautiful, naive young girl with no father to protect her who is given away as a gift? What kind of outcome could there be?

Huo Wu’s hand holding the tissue suddenly clenches. She looks up, and even in the blurry reflection on the glass table, she can see that her eyes are bloodshot. From the moment Bai Feifei’s name trended on social media and she was insulted, had dirty water poured on her, and had rumors spread about her, Huo Wu has not been well. As someone who has been through it, she found watching Bai Feifei get slandered online more unbearable than being on an execution ground herself.

She says in a calm voice that she can’t even believe is her own, “What happened after that?”

Bai Xue stops. Her expression is a little strange as she says, “Feifei only drank one glass of wine, but Guo Kuan was already drunk. He grabbed Feifei’s hand and said a lot of nonsense. You know how men are. Once they drink, they spill everything. Feifei’s state wasn’t right at the time. She wanted to leave, but the drunk people blocked her. Then she…”

Xi Rong looks up, her face full of pride. “Feifei used the wine bottle on the table to hit all of them. I was the one who negotiated the compensation afterward. The other party apologized and paid a hefty compensation.”

Fu Xiaoxiao is astonished. “You almost got locked up for fifteen days, and my mom spent a lot of effort helping you with the lawsuit! So this is why!!”

Bai Feifei pauses and nods in front of Huo Wu, feeling a little ashamed. Fu Xiaoxiao slaps her thigh and says, not disappointing them, “Why didn’t you call me! I’m better at fighting than you!”

Huo Wu has been staring at her. She assumes Bai Feifei is scared from remembering the past, so she snatches the tissue from Fu Xiaoxiao’s hand and folds it again before handing it to Bai Feifei.

Bai Feifei finally looks up. She blinks her eyes at Huo Wu and says in a small voice, “A-Wu…”

Fu Xiaoxiao finally gets angry. “Why are you always snatching my tissue!”

“You’re clutching the tissue box. If I don’t snatch yours, whose am I supposed to snatch?” Huo Wu says with a cold face.

Fu Xiaoxiao chokes. She looks at the tissue box in her hand. After a few seconds of silence, she pulls out a few tissues, glances at Huo Wu cautiously, and puts the rest back on the table. The two of them have made the atmosphere a little lighter, easing the seriousness and silence from before.

Xi Rong continues, “After that, Feifei was blacklisted. The contract she signed was for eight years, and the cost of an early termination was too high, so she didn’t choose to terminate it. Later, she was sad for a while and hardly communicated with the outside world. After the college entrance exam, she went to college alone and never stepped foot in that industry again.”

Bai Feifei left on the day the college entrance exam ended. It was a hot day. She was wearing a black jumpsuit and went to the hospital alone after the exam. That was her last memory.

Xi Rong continues, “Not long ago, Feifei’s contract expired, and her college friend helped her get a job. But that dinner was another trap. She was tricked. This is what you just saw—Feifei’s situation in that hotel. We have evidence for this too.”

Huo Wu’s expression changes slightly. Ji Meng was the one who handled the situation at the time. Ji Meng said those men were strange. They all said the same thing—that they saw Bai Feifei was pretty and alone and drunk, so they had a wicked idea and took her away. Since there was no actual crime, the police investigated the source of the drugs for a few days, detained those people for a few days for education, and then released them without charge.

At this point, all the events are finally connected. Bai Feifei looks a little lost. She remembers that when she left, the system told her that she had completed her mission. Huo Wu would live a happy life. She would go on to have a successful acting career and then transition into directing, and then she would get involved in charity, helping countless homeless and abducted children, using her influence to spread her message and help thousands of children find their way home.

She also asked the system what her ending would be after she left. The system told her at the time that “Bai Feifei” would be a beloved princess, with loving parents, a happy family, and a successful career. She wouldn’t get into the entertainment industry. Instead, she would become a positive blogger who only shares good things and has no ads. Jiang Yuemin was not supposed to be depressed. She was supposed to reconnect with her maternal grandparents and live a happy and fulfilling life.

But it’s clear that nothing went according to what the system told her. Everything has changed. If those videos had not been saved as evidence, and if those men had succeeded in the hotel, the videos and pictures would have been leaked. With the speed of information spreading today, it wouldn’t have taken even a day to ruin a person. The original owner was wearing a red dress, looking beautiful and alluring. The original “Bai Feifei’s” death would have been the same as her father’s—falling from a tall building, her blood staining the ground like a flower.

She chose the same way to leave as a death she once looked down on. Bai Feifei clenches her hand. If “Bai Feifei” had truly died that way, what would Huo Wu have done after seeing the late evidence that she had prepared herself? She doesn’t dare to think about it.

“So, what do we do now?” Fu Xiaoxiao says with a stuffy nose. Xi Rong says coldly, “What else can we do? We’ll sue everyone who needs to be sued. With the evidence in hand, no one—not the people in front of the camera or the people behind the scenes—can run away. The law is always fair. We must always believe in our country.”

Fu Xiaoxiao is so emotional that she feels everything. She thinks about her argument with people online and grits her teeth. “Sue! Mom, I’ll give you a scapegoat. There’s an anti-fan who gained almost 20,000 followers overnight by cursing Feifei. He cursed her hundreds of times, and he’s under every single marketing account’s post!”

Xi Rong glances at her, a faint look. Fu Xiaoxiao stops and says, crying, “If you don’t agree, I’ll find someone else…”

Xi Rong suddenly smiles. She looks at Fu Xiaoxiao, who is crying and sniffling, and pinches her face. “Send me his ID on the platform later, and organize the evidence into a file. You may not have other good qualities, but you’re patient when it comes to organizing these documents. But that’s all you’re good for.”

Fu Xiaoxiao doesn’t realize the hidden meaning. She cries and laughs happily. “Of course, I’m very patient.”

“It’s very late,” Xi Rong says, packing her things. Before she gets up, she puts her arm around Bai Feifei’s shoulder again. “I just wanted to come over and check on you. Don’t overthink it. Justice will come one day, and it won’t be too long. I promise.”

Bai Feifei nods. Her black hair is draped behind her, and she looks very frail. Xi Rong and Bai Xue say a few more words and get up to leave.

Bai Feifei’s mind is a mess. It’s as if a lot of memories are suddenly rushing back, like old, yellowed photographs. She frowns. The floor in front of her seems to be swaying. This is a very familiar feeling. The first and second time she transmigrated into the book, this is how it felt. But at this moment, she has already stood up to see them off. By the time she realizes something is wrong, it’s too late. Everything starts spinning, and the last thing she sees is Huo Wu’s face, showing a rare and obvious look of panic.

Bai Feifei vaguely hears people saying something, but she’s not fully conscious. She falls back into a deep sleep a moment later.

Outside the door, a few people are huddled in a circle, discussing who will stay with her tonight. Their voices are very low.

Fu Xiaoxiao raises her hand without hesitation. “I’ll do it!”

Huo Wu looks at her. When she looks up, she says, “I’ll stay here tonight.”

Fu Xiaoxiao is about to pout, but Xi Rong grabs her mouth, which is already pouting, and says to Huo Wu, “Thank you for your hard work.”

Huo Wu shakes her head and turns to walk into the hospital room. There are a few more hushed arguments outside. Fu Xiaoxiao says something, and Bai Xue and Xi Rong drag her away. The outside becomes completely silent.

Only then does Huo Wu take off her mask and hat and put her things to the side. She sits on the chair next to the hospital bed and quietly looks at Bai Feifei, whose face is almost the same color as the bed sheets.

Bai Feifei’s face is very pale and clean, like unglazed porcelain. She seems to be having a nightmare. She’s not sleeping peacefully, and her eyebrows are furrowed. Huo Wu quietly watches her for a while. Her eyelashes are lowered, and she gently touches Bai Feifei’s face with the back of her fingers. Her skin is cold to the touch.

Her phone vibrates twice. Huo Wu takes out her phone and sees a message from Ji Meng.

[Ji Meng: I got the surveillance footage. I’ll send it to you.]

[Huo Wu: OK.]

Ji Meng got all the videos from the hotel. The hotel staff probably already knew they were in trouble. When Ji Meng showed up with the company’s lawyer, the manager was already waiting for them in his office with a glass of water on the table. The manager confessed everything honestly.

At the time, Bai Feifei was drunk. The boys with her all looked like recent graduates. They said they were celebrating their graduation and got her drunk, so they would take her back to her room and then leave. In fact, that’s what they did. But no one expected them to come back later. And because the front desk staff had just changed shifts, they treated them like new guests. They even booked three different rooms. Later, someone showed up and offered 150,000 yuan to have the surveillance footage deleted. The technician agreed on the surface but secretly kept a backup. After all, if something happened and the truth came out, he would also be in trouble. It was the technician’s instinct that saved him from going to jail and also kept Ji Meng from a wasted trip. After all, this video will be crucial evidence.

Huo Wu opens it and watches. The loading speed is a little slow. The hospital’s Wi-Fi isn’t very good. While waiting, she puts her phone on her lap and looks at Bai Feifei again. She doesn’t do anything else, just quietly watches her sleep.

A moment later, the video is finished loading. The hotel’s surveillance footage is quite clear. The manager was afraid of getting into trouble, so he gave them all the surveillance footage where they appeared and cooperated with the police report.

Bai Feifei’s state at the time was indeed not right. She was clearly drugged. She tried to push them away the whole time, but her body was too weak. The farthest she got was to the elevator door before they grabbed her again.

Bai Feifei groggily opens her eyes. She has finally received all the information. It’s the same process as the first time she transmigrated—like a dream. The long-lost system finally appears again.

After she left, Huo Wu deviated from the original plot. She was supposed to focus on her career, but in the most important year of her life, Huo Wu refused to believe that she had “died.” Her career was completely put on hold, and she went crazy, searching for her all over the world. This was something Bai Feifei expected and didn’t expect at the same time. She expected Huo Wu to have a hard time accepting it, but she never thought Huo Wu would go this far because of her.

Later, the system created a virtual character based on her image. According to the system’s estimation, this character would sever the emotional connection that Huo Wu shouldn’t have. It would make Huo Wu heartbroken and no longer believe in love, and she would get back on track. After everything was over, “she” would break away from the original ending and truly disappear.

But clearly, the plot didn’t go as planned. Bai Feifei curses in her dream and then says, “But I chose not to leave in the end!”

“I’m sorry, the system executes the first default choice you made when you first came to this world,” the system says.

Bai Feifei is silent for a long time. When she first came, she thought she was in an adventure game. So when the system first asked her if she wanted to leave or stay after all the missions were completed, Bai Feifei chose to leave. But at the end, when the system asked her again, Bai Feifei chose to stay. But the system used her first choice.

Bai Feifei: “So why am I back this time?”

The system continues, “According to our calculations, with your ‘leaving’ option as the ending, Huo Wu would eventually have a disastrous ending, and the world would be in chaos. This completely goes against our original intention, so we hope you can come back and change everything. After all, you chose to stay, and we estimated that you would be willing to be responsible for this.”

Bai Feifei’s face is cold. “You throw me away when you don’t need me and bring me back when you do. You’ve got a great plan, don’t you?”

The system is silent for a moment before continuing with its calm electronic voice. “According to our calculations, you should be very willing to come back.”

Bai Feifei smiles sarcastically. “You say I’m willing, so I am? What if I’m not willing? What if I have to leave? Do you believe me if I really die and show you?”

The system immediately replies, “Please don’t be impulsive.”

Bai Feifei stops talking. The system is silent for a while. Just when Bai Feifei thinks it has disappeared again, the system speaks again. It’s still the same flat electronic voice. “We hope you can stay. According to our final calculations, only if you stay will Huo Wu get back on the right track.”

“You may seem like an insignificant butterfly, but the flapping of a butterfly’s wings is the beginning of all currents. It may eventually cause an immeasurable storm.”

Bai Feifei curls her lips. “Aren’t you guys supposed to be great at calculating?”

The system is silent and doesn’t argue. After a moment, it says, “If Huo Wu eventually walks the path she’s supposed to, she will become a role model in the industry, a shining star, and a beacon of hope for countless children, thus influencing the entire world. This world will also break away from the book and become a complete world on its own. We can’t predict how she will make it happen, but she is always moving forward on this path.”

The system says, “A single spark can start a prairie fire.”

The system pauses this time and says, “And you will regain what you once most desired.” This makes Bai Feifei silent for a long time.

Then she says, “I agree.”

“Happy to be working with you.”

Before the system disappears, Bai Feifei asks one more question. “When will she know about all of this?”

“At the right time, the protagonist’s will cannot be transferred. We hope you’ll do your best.” The system says something useless and then disappears.

Bai Feifei curses and opens her eyes. She sees that the room is dark. She mutters to herself and sits up. She looks around by the light from the neon signs outside the window and from the hallway. She sees someone at the head of the bed. It’s Huo Wu. She’s sleeping with her head on the bed. Bai Feifei’s cursing stops instantly. As soon as she moves, Huo Wu wakes up and sits up.

Huo Wu’s voice is very hoarse. Her hair is a little messy, and her eyes are a little bloodshot. She says, “You’re awake.”

The system has made Bai Feifei feel very energized, but she woke up because she fainted. She looks at Huo Wu and controls her voice, saying quietly, “You must be very tired, right? I caused you a lot of trouble.”

Huo Wu shakes her head this time. “It’s not a bother.” Bai Feifei quietly looks at her, feeling Huo Wu’s hand on her forehead, then on her face and the side of her neck. Her movements are very gentle and light, as if she’s afraid of scaring her. “The fever is gone. Do you still feel uncomfortable?”

Bai Feifei is genuinely surprised. “I had a fever?”

Huo Wu hums in response. Then she says, “The doctor said it was caused by too much stress, and your body’s self-protection mechanism caused a fever. It’s a normal reaction.”

Before Bai Feifei can speak, Huo Wu says, “You don’t have to worry about those things. The evidence is complete. I contacted Beidou’s public relations department, and in just one day, when you wake up tomorrow, everything will go back to the way it was. Nothing will have anything to do with you. You’ll still be you. You’ll still be the same pure Bai Feifei you were before.”

Huo Wu speaks for a long time and very slowly. She looks directly at Bai Feifei when she speaks, as if she’s worried that Bai Feifei won’t understand. She pronounces every word very clearly.

Bai Feifei keeps looking at her. She realizes that the gentleness in Huo Wu’s voice is seeping into her eyes. It’s an emotion that can’t be hidden. Bai Feifei opens her mouth. Her voice is a little tearful. “Do you believe me now?”

Huo Wu nods heavily.

Their hands are intertwined at some point, but not with their fingers laced together. Huo Wu is just holding Bai Feifei’s hand, and her thumb is gently rubbing Bai Feifei’s palm. Bai Feifei has never done any hard labor since she was a child. Unlike Huo Wu, Huo Wu’s hands have calluses from all the years of acting. Her knuckles feel a little rough, but her fingertips are still very soft. She uses her fingertips to slowly caress Bai Feifei’s hand as if comforting her.

They enjoy the quiet of the night in silence for a while. Huo Wu looks up again. Her eyes are red as she says, “So, everything you showed me before was a lie you made up to make me leave you?”

Bai Feifei thinks for a long time. She finally reluctantly takes the blame and nods, “Something like that…” Although the original owner was a virtual character created by the system, her actions were based on Bai Feifei’s.

“Why didn’t you come to me back then?” Huo Wu finally asks.

Bai Feifei looks at her. Her voice is soft, and her hands are gently squeezing hers. She says after a long pause, “How could I have dared to back then?”

At the time, Huo Wu was at the peak of her career. She won awards for best actress in both film and television. She went back to the Ling family, and everything was going in the best direction. But at the same time, the original owner’s family went bankrupt. Her father committed suicide, and her mother became depressed. She was forced to take on a debt that she couldn’t pay off. She fell from the clouds and into the dirt.

If you put yourself in her shoes, she would feel like a troublesome burden. How could she dare to look for Huo Wu? And it’s not just the original owner. Even if it were her, she would feel like she didn’t deserve it in that situation, right? After all, that Huo Wu was too dazzling and bright, and she was just a person who had lost all her glory and was worse than an ordinary person.

Huo Wu looks at Bai Feifei for a long time. Her eyes get redder and redder, but no tears come out. Bai Feifei remembers that unless she’s acting, Huo Wu doesn’t cry easily. She swallows all her tears and bears all the consequences alone. When she was little, she put a lot of effort into getting Huo Wu to open up to her and to ask her for her first candy. But after a few years apart, she’s forgotten how to teach someone else, and Huo Wu has become the same solitary and sullen person she was when she was little.

Huo Wu thinks of something. Bai Feifei thinks she’s going to get angry, not understand her, and blame her for not trusting her. But in the end, Huo Wu just says, “OK,” in a hoarse voice.

Bai Feifei suddenly feels very tired. The feeling of exhaustion comes on suddenly. Maybe something is really wrong with her body. It’s summer, but she’s covering herself with a blanket in the hospital and still feels a little cold. She’s very sleepy and tired. She looks at Huo Wu and forces herself to keep her eyes open. She mutters, “A-Wu, can you give me a goodnight kiss, like I used to give you when I was little?” Her eyelids are heavy, but she’s holding on.

Huo Wu leans down and gently touches her forehead. Then she whispers in her ear, “Sleep. I’ll stay with you.”

Bai Feifei closes her eyes instantly and falls into a deep sleep. The phone, which has been flashing with notifications, lights up again. It’s a call.

Huo Wu walks outside with her phone. At the door, she presses the answer button and says, “What’s wrong?”

On the other end is Ji Meng’s calm voice. Ji Meng’s voice is as calm as possible, but it has a hint of uncontrollable excitement and joy. “It’s starting. Beidou’s public relations department worked all night to post the video and text. They’ll all be sent at 5 a.m. Lawyer Xi Rong’s team also worked all night and finished all the lawyer’s letters and the list of people. The police have already received the report, and everyone has been detained. We’re just waiting for the right time.”

“OK,” Huo Wu nods calmly. At the same time, she looks at her phone. It’s less than five minutes until 5 a.m. The sky is a deep black, the darkest time before dawn. But after dawn, the sun will rise.

She goes back into the room and calmly logs into Weibo. After a moment of hesitation, she chooses to switch accounts. If she uses her main account to follow Bai Feifei, it will only drag her back into the vortex and distract everyone. She ultimately switches to the smaller account she created for raffles. This account is specifically for raffling cash and gifts. The requirements are always the same: praise the blogger in the comments, wish the blogger well, make the blogger happy, repost and like the post. Following is not required. She randomly chooses followers to send gifts or cash to. She doesn’t have a lot of followers, but once she posts, the engagement is higher than that of celebrities with ten times the followers. And they’re all real people. This is the power of money.

It’s 5 a.m. Huo Wu quietly waits another five minutes and clicks on a marketing account that happens to be on her feed. After reading the entire Weibo post and watching the videos and looking at the text and screenshots, she confirms that everything is correct and chooses to repost it.

The no-emotion-just-wants-to-be-happy raffle account: Randomly choose 100 followers to win 10,000 yuan. Requirements: Read the content of the Weibo post and express your positive thoughts in the comments of this post. Any entries that do not follow the rules will be disqualified. After the raffle, any negative comments will be ineffective and will be subject to legal liability. Please be respectful.

A moment later, her phone freezes. When her phone is stable again, Huo Wu glances at Bai Feifei on the bed, purses her lips, searches for Bai Feifei’s name, and quietly clicks “follow.”

Bái Fúlái Fúlái, a homonym for “fly.” It’s so cute. Huo Wu suddenly curls her lips and smiles. Bai Feifei likes to wear brightly colored clothes, likes cute slippers, and likes strange nicknames. She really is cute in every way.

After that, she watches her following count go from 0 to 1. Bai Feifei is the only one.